The next time you get a bunch of WTF pictures on a viral email, remember this: human's propensity for making weird (and weirdly wonderful) pictures predates the InterWeb. Take a look at these strangely compelling black and white images of yore over at Black and WTF tumblr blog: Link - Thanks Matt!

I'm still waiting for a reference from you... Not a troll... and not reading wikipedia... since my major is in anthropology and an undergraduate minor in folklore from Indiana University Bloomington... That kind of thing is right up my alley. But hey I guess I'll just take "Tim's" word for it instead.